Why exactly did Roy Jones Jr not fight Lennox Lewis after defeating Ruiz?

[I Love Jesus!]

Geez both Tyson and Lennox would've killed Roy. I mean if Tarver and Johnson could ko roy imagine a lewis straight or tyson uppercut.

Na at that point Roy would of been to much for a washed up tyson I think

[Furn]

I wasn't into boxing back then when jones fought Ruiz so can someone explain to me how he challenged for the heavyweight title when he only came in st 199 I think

There's no minimum weight in professional boxing only in amateurs. You just have to weight in under the limit. In the case of HW there is no limit so you can weight anything, you could weigh 90lbs if you wanted.

[Light_Speed]

They wanted to fight each other but after the Vitali fight Lewis decided to retire.

[MrRolltide91]

Because he would have gotten knockout

[BM dnobagaV]

Why didn't he go to Cruiser?

[Jc8804]

This fight actually almost happened. Does anyone know why it didn't? At the time, Roy was just coming off a nice win against Ruiz and looked great and fighting Lewis was the next big fight. But instead he moved back down. Why?

Same reason floyd ducked stevenson at 175

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Because lennox Lewis was huge and a monster puncher with very good skills..


Biggest fight ever would have been roy vs tyson..

Also roy-holyfield would have been huge.

But roy wasn't trying to get beheaded so he went back down

[Jc8804]

Because lennox Lewis was huge and a monster ouncher with very good skills..


Biggest fight ever would have been roy vs tyson..

Also roy-holyfield would have been huge.

But roy wasn't trying to get beheaded so he went back down

Yupp same reason floyd avoided ward at 175 before retiring .

[Larry the boss]

Jones would have been killed

[jmrf4435]

WHATTTT??? Lennox lewis was a 6'5 heavyweight..Roy could fight at 175 tops lol